Premier League: Arsenal’s starting eleven against Chelsea
Arsenal will play their 18th Premier League match against city rivals Chelsea on Monday. Arsenal are placed third in the league standings with 32 points to their credit out of 17 matches. Meanwhile, Premier League titleholders
are currently fourth in the league table with 31 points under their belt in 17 league games.
The two sides met in the first leg of the Premier League back in November at Stamford Bridge, home of Chelsea. The Blues won that match 2-0.
The Gunners, who have lost each of their last five matches against Chelsea, will be aiming for their first win against their rivals in almost three years when the two meet tonight at the Emirates Stadium.
Here is Arsenal’s probable starting line-up for tonight’s game.
Goalkeeper:
Arsenal’s veteran goalkeeper and number one shirt http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukasz-Fabianski-c22910
has taken his place and is likely to continue between the posts for the rest of the season.
Fabianski was injured in Arsenal’s last match against Manchester United, enabling third-choice keeper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wojciech-Szczesny-c36998 to make his debut. The young Polish keeper was very impressive at Old Trafford, but will take his place back
on the bench tonight as Fabianski has been declared fit to play against Chelsea.
Defenders:
Arsenal defensive leader http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 on Monday night as he is still out
with an ankle injury.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bacary-Sagna-c7148 will retain his place on the right flank as the right back. Gael Clichy will start on the left side of defence as the left back.
Arsene Wenger’s two summer signings, Sebastien Squillaci and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Laurent-Koscielny-c21742, will both be starting for the Gunners at the heart of the defence.
Midfielders:
Arsenal veteran midfielder http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jack-Wilshere-c17463 instead of Denilson.
Moreover, Arsenal’s skipper and most lethal player Cesc Fabregas has finally recovered from an injury and will surely take his place in the more attacking role in the midfield.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Attackers-c38555:
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andrei-Arshavin-c5771 will lead the attack from the left side.
It has been reported that Wenger is thinking of resting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Robin-van-Persie-c31380 is more likely to start in the centre of the attack for the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium tonight.
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